the question about smelling salts reminded something that I saw a long 
time ago that makes me chuckle now and then.


Back in the 80's when i was in Hawaii the movie miniseries "V - The 
Final Battle" came on.
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(The_Final_Battle)

Anyhow, at the end of the second episode the 'babies' are born.
	One 'normal' and one pretty ugly looking.

During the last cut to commercials right after this scene there is a 
live feed from the news room with the anchor giving a 'next on the news' 
commercial...

The live feed was of the newscaster on the floor out cold and someone 
yelling 'get the smelling salts.'  All 15 or so seconds of it.

Apparently he was watching the end of the movie while getting ready and 
when that scene came on he fainted.

He was back up and functioning by the time the credits were over and the 
news actually started.

A couple of years later they ran a rerun of the miniseries and he was 
still the anchor.  He made a funny comment something like 'still pretty 
ugly'.

I guess it is one of those things where you just had to be there.


LAter... Tom

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Tom Austin wrote:
> I guess it is one of those things where you just had to be there.
> 
> LAter... Tom

That's pretty funny, you don't see that happen... ever.

I remember the V series. I was just a kid when it was being aired. I was 
extremely excited about seeing it, but every time it came on I promptly 
fell asleep, so I pretty much missed the whole thing. (it came on at 
nine which was past my usual bedtime) I do remember exposed 
placenta-esque alien sacks in the cave though, and aliens clawing their 
way out...

Sam

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stbenge wrote:
> 
> I remember the V series. I was just a kid when it was being aired. I was 

I don't remember seeing it when it actually came out, but my brother 
loaned some VHS's from someone later. Nowadays I have the mini-series 
and the Final Battle on DVD.

> 
> Sam


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